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The need for higher manufacturing sustainability is the lesser-known side of the manufacturing process and its associated pollution.
All production batches contain items that cannot be used due to…
Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
To introduce a timely process in the provision of elbow crutches to community patients. Reducing waste and protecting and managing resources efficiently (greener AHP).
A case study from Southern Health NHS Foundation trustwhere a quality improvement project led to the introduction of an electric vehicle within an urgent community response service, resulting in…
Patients receiving enteral feeding in the community require plastics/ancillaries to allow feed to be pumped/bolused via the feeding tube. Multi-use syringes are deemed adequate for use in the…
Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Team Competition.
Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres
Issue to be addressed:
Approximately 23% of carbon emissions from surgery are due…
SSCreport + recorded workshop
- background/context of sustainable respiratory care
- summary of interviews with practice patients
- framework for action/SusQI projects in GP
supervisor --> Dr…
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis Units (Trust-wide)
Issue to be addressed:
Dialysing machines warm the dialysate fluid to just below body temperature for patient comfort. The method of warming…
Created on
17 May 2023 •
by
Steve Milne, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Setting/Patient Group:Sheffield Kidney Institute
Issue to be addressed:
Discharge rates from secondary care is limited by concerns about whether patients can be reliably locked into a disease…
Setting/Patient Group:Renal Unit (offices and wards)
Issue to be addressed:
Energy is responsible for approximate 10% of the carbon footprint of the NHS.
The unit invested in a greener…
Created on
16 May 2023 •
by
Mr Nsipa Siwale, Energy Manager, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust